A family name on West Georgia Street, Downtown and West End
The Frasers
In the city directories 1940 · three people at two addresses
The directories print three people named Fraser at two addresses in 1940, all on West Georgia Street. No first name or initials tie one address to the other: we can't tell if they're one family. The directories print the name on 138 other streets too, all listed on the Fraser name's own page.
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Where the Frasers lived
- 1
801 West Georgia Street
Downtown, 1940
- Hyland W Fraser, a salesman at the Hudson's Bay Company 1940
Next door in 1940: devonshire hotel at 849. The block, door by door
- 2
1461 West Georgia Street
Downtown, 1940
- Mrs M Fraser, widow of W 1940
- Alex McG Fraser, a driver 1940
Next door in 1940: P P Epp at 1459. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for two of the three: a driver and a salesman. One is a widow, listed under her own name.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Downtown (2). Each neighbourhood's page shows its trades, its people and every street in it, the way the directory printed them.
The story, address by address
The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Hyland W Fraser at 801 West Georgia Street, a salesman at the Hudson's Bay Company. Mrs M Fraser is listed at 1461 West Georgia Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Marjory Fraser there as the householder, widow of W, with Alex McG Fraser, a driver.
Today
801 West Georgia still has its building from before 1946, dated 1927 by the City's record and on the Vancouver Heritage Register; the City no longer lists 1461 West Georgia, so that building is probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 4 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Fraser Hyland W slsmn HBC801 West Georgia, p. 208
- Fraser Mrs M1461 West Georgia, p. 58
- Fraser Alex McG drvr1461 West Georgia, p. 208
- Fraser Marjory wid W1461 West Georgia, p. 209
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed
The book of the Frasers
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Fraser name in each Vancouver directory we hold from 1901 to 1945: everyone printed under it at every address, their work from the name sections, who lived next door, and the page behind every line, to read here or save as a PDF to print or give.
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Another name, or a house
Sources
Henderson's and successor city directories for Vancouver, read by us line by line: the street sections for 1905, 1915, 1925, 1935, 1940 and 1945, and the name section for 1930 and 1940 where we've read it (Vancouver Public Library, BC City Directories). Names are shown through 1945, as printed. Close spellings are grouped, as on the house pages, since a family's name was often spelled differently from one year to the next; one name can still be several families, and we join lines only where the first names or initials agree. Many Chinese, Japanese and other residents weren't named by the canvassers, so they can't be listed by name: their houses' pages say where. More family names under F. Want a name removed? Tell us.